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Bad Blood

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The day was bright, the sun was shining and Hera was enjoying being left in peace to graze in her field. With all of the stick desentitisation training she had been undergoing over the past few days, she was finally getting a rest. Rosalie sat at the base of the fence, watching Hera with Mojo by her side, and throwing an apple slice or two in her direction every few minutes. She was watching Hera, admiring her beauty, wondering what this magnificent creature could become with her help.
Victoria had recently joined the family at LRS and she, her horse named Karma, and her cat named Fudgesicle were all finding their feet at the yard, and Victoria had taken a liking to Hera. She was amazed at how calm the mare was, considering she was caught from the wild. Rosalie explained it was because of the progress the two of them had been making in training, and that she was soon going to introduce Hera to the arena, standing directly opposite the mare's field, and begin work on trying to make contact with her, and have her accept the feel of human hands. Rosalie agreed that once a bit more work had been done with Hera, Victoria was more than welcome to help out, or just watch the training sessions if she wanted to.

Victoria came walking out of the summerhouse holding an A4 sized envelope, towards Rosalie and Mojo.

"Hey, what's that?" Rosalie asked, intrigued.
"I'm not sure. The post man just dropped it off.. There's a bunch of different postal marks on it, and the back has a return address to New Zealand. Didn't you say that's where Hera is from?" Rosalie stood up and Victoria handed over the envelope.
"That is where Hera is from" She took the envelope and opened the seal in a hurry. Pulling out the letter inside, she began reading aloud.



"Dear Entrant,

Thank you for participating in this year's Kaimanawa Challenge! We wish you lots of luck in taming your wild horse, and we can't wait to see your progress, as well as your entry for the End of Challenge Show!

Enclosed, is all your ownership paperwork and veterinary records as performed by our vet on the day of the muster. On this day, we performed several blood tests and x-rays in order to determine the health of your horse. We have now released these results..."




Victoria stared at Rosalie, waiting for a response towards the vet results. Rosalie turned the paper over to check the other side, which was unsurprisingly blank. Handing the paper to Victoria so she could also read it, Rosalie looked inside the envelope.

"Ah, here it is!" she said, with a sigh of relief. "I thought they'd forgotten to include the results" she giggled.

She took a deep breath and scanned the paper, which was slightly thicker than the first, since it was clearly of more importance. Her eyes looked up to meet Victoria's and she let out her breath and happily informed her of the situation.

"She's all healthy, according to all of the tests they took" Rosalie said happily.

Victoria smiled and turned to the mare, still happily grazing, unaware of anything but the grass underneath her muzzle. "Hear that girl, you're just fine!"

"You really like her don't you?" Rosalie asked, smiling at Victoria.
"I do. She's just a really sweet mare. I feel like she and Karma would get on really well in the future"
"I'm sure they would. Once she's ready, i think i'll pair her up with Jess and Olivia, or maybe Malaika once Samurai has been weaned from her, but you're more than welcome to introduce karma to her. Maybe one day in the future, we could all go out on a ride together" she smiled. "I'm going to have to put this in Hera's folder in the office. You coming? I could show you all of the horses files if you like, and what i keep in them" Rosalie said as she started walking away.
Victoria hopped over to Rosalie's side as they both gleefully chatted on their way to the summerhouse.




:iconkaimanawa-challenge:

Start - A Start to their Journey
Mandatory: Reference - LRS Heartbreaker
Mandatory: Introduction - Home at Last
Settling in: Settling In and Making Friends
Mandatory: Groundwork (Part 1) - Pressure and Release
Mandatory: Feb prompt Bad Blood - You are here
Mandatory: Groundwork (Part 2) - Further Desentitisation


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References used - Thumper Stock 115  |  fav.me/d6zyp4h  |  robynrose.deviantart.com/art/S…  (all skeleton traced)


Artists Notes
Bad blood february prompt. Hera is compeletely healthy and has the go-ahead to continue training :) and our new human addition is taking a liking to Hera.. a lot. I don't think Rosalie will be too happy about that though if Victoria continues to try to steal her horse :)
Second time drawing humans. Not the best, and my colouring style doesn't work too well with them, but i'm learning :)
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RobynRose's avatar
I can see you're working really hard on shading! Great job!